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michael@0:  * Copyright (c) 2012, Ben Fortuna
michael@0:  * All rights reserved.
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michael@0:  *  o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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michael@0:  * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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michael@0:  *  o Neither the name of Ben Fortuna nor the names of any other contributors
michael@0:  * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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michael@0: package net.fortuna.ical4j.model;
michael@0: 
michael@0: import java.io.Serializable;
michael@0: import java.net.URISyntaxException;
michael@0: 
michael@0: 
michael@0: /**
michael@0:  * Implementors provide parameter creation services.
michael@0:  * 
michael@0:  * Note that implementations must be {@link Serializable} to support referencing
michael@0:  * from {@link Parameter} instances.
michael@0:  * 
michael@0:  * @author Ben Fortuna
michael@0:  * 
michael@0:  * $Id$ [05-Apr-2004]
michael@0:  * 
michael@0:  * Created on 14/06/2005
michael@0:  *
michael@0:  */
michael@0: public interface ParameterFactory extends Serializable {
michael@0: 
michael@0:     /**
michael@0:      * Returns a parameter instance of the appropriate type with the specified value.
michael@0:      * @param name a parameter names that identifies the parameter type
michael@0:      * @param value a value to assign to the returned parameter
michael@0:      * @return a parameter instance, or null if this factory is unable to create an
michael@0:      * appropriate parameter
michael@0:      * @throws URISyntaxException where an invalid URI is encountered
michael@0:      */
michael@0:     Parameter createParameter(String name, String value) throws URISyntaxException;
michael@0: }